Chemistry Web Quest

Introduction to the Mole

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http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/moles/faq/why-use-moles.shtml
What is a Mole: Use the website to answer this set of questions:

1. What is a mole similar to? _______________________. What is the chemists’ number? ____________
2. Why is it that different amounts of things can still equal one mole? (Think about the weight of a dozen
elephants vs a dozen eggs)

3. Why is it that different amounts of things can still equal one mole? (Think about the weight of a dozen
elephants vs. a dozen eggs)

4. Why do we want to use the concept of moles?

5. Once we know the number of moles we can convert to the number of: _________________________ or
_____________________________ and vice versa.

6. How many grams of water are in one mole of water?

Draw Avogadro’s picture

7. How many molecules of water are in one mole of water?

Go to the following website and answer the next set of questions:

http://www.bulldog.u-net.com/avogadro/avoga.html

1) What is Avogadro’s full name?

2) Originally, what profession was Avogadro?

3) In 1811 Avogadro wrote a paper that clearly distinguished a _____________ from a _____________.

4) Write: What is Avogadro’s Principle?

5) List one crazy fact about Avogadro’s number.

 Mass of a Mole of a substance = Use one of the following website to answer the next set of questions:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/workedchemistryproblems/a/molegramconvert.htm
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-to-calculate-molar-mass.html
http://www.hannibal.cnyric.org/teacherwebs/scianfarano/chemistry/moles_and_stoichiometry_notes.htm
View the following video if possible
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehepBBtSbDc Gram-mole and Mole-gram
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMdN1LtHuDA&feature=related

Mass of a Mole of a substance

1) What is the formula for the atomic weight (weight of one mole) of CO2 ?

2) What is the formula used to go from 454 grams of CO2 to moles of CO2? How many moles do you get?

3) YOU TRY (not on the website)

a. What is the atomic weight of one mole of CH4?
b. How many moles in 64 grams of CH4?

4) What is the formula to determine the mass in grams of 3.6 mols of H2SO4?

5) YOU TRY (not on website)

a. What is the mass in grams of 4.2 mols of FeO2?

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